I bought a used knock out bar for my lathe off the internet sometime back. It consists of a steel shaft with threads on the end and has a screwed on piece of brass on the threads. The brass end is a little to big to fit into the hole on my lathe so I want to turn it down a tad (take an 1/8" off). I have it chucked in my lathe, at slowest speed of 340 rpm (old Delta 12/36 wood lathe). I have never tried to turn brass, but I have read that it can be done on a wood lathe. I am a little hesitant to put tool to spinning brass without some guidance from this forum. I'm guessing that some folks here have turned brass at some point.... I have HSS turning tools. What do I need to know to do or not do? Thanks. Randy